An underground tunnel containing hundreds of cannabis seedlings was exposed in the yard of a house in the Negev

Border police, assisted by dogs, located the tunnel with more than 250 cannabis seedlings in various stages of growth, as well as cannabis flowers ready for distribution, in a private house in the Lakia diaspora. Four suspects were arrested and taken for questioning.

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03/01/2022

Monday, 03 January 2022, 18:25 Updated: 18:39

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In the video: Exposure of an underground hydro complex with hundreds of cannabis plants (credit - police spokeswoman)

Police today (Monday) uncovered an underground tunnel in the Negev where hundreds of cannabis plants were grown.

Police officers from the Border Police's Dawn 101 unit, assisted by dogs, located the compound with more than 250 cannabis plants in various stages of growth, as well as cannabis flowers ready for distribution. Four suspects were arrested and taken in for questioning.

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250 cannabis seedlings in the apartment: A drug lab was exposed in the home of a 75-year-old

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Exposure of the tunnel, today (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)

On Saturday, a 75-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of operating a drug lab with hundreds of seedlings from his apartment in Rishon Lezion.

The laboratory was located on a street in the city with artillery corps were about 250 plants of cannabis-type material, weighing about 20 pounds and found a lot of equipment allegedly used in the cultivation and production of drugs. The findings included Forensics transferred to the Israel Police.

The police asked Last night to extend the detention of the suspect in the operation of the laboratory, and at the end of the hearing, the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion ruled that his detention would be extended until tomorrow.

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